Unmanned Systems News & Articles

The latest unmanned systems news for UAV, UAS, UGV, USV, UUV, drones and robotics. Articles on product launches and technological advances in unmanned and autonomous design, research and manufacture.

Alliance Lp Drones Unveils Vision for Solar-Powered Atmospheric Satellite UAVs

Alliance Lp Drones Ltd., specialists in the design, development and manufacturing of solar unmanned atmospheric platforms, has unveiled visuals of...

Oct 26, 2015
Alta Devices Introduces “Solar for UAV Index”

Alta Devices, a developer of lightweight, flexible solar power solutions for UAVs, has introduced a new “Solar for UAV Index”...

Oct 26, 2015
Aeryon Labs to Expand sUAS Capabilities With Growth Financing Investment

Aeryon Labs Inc., a manufacturer of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) and mission control software, has closed a $60 million investment...

Oct 26, 2015
LikeAbird launches new Battery Management System for Unmanned Systems

LikeAbird S.L. has launched a modular and scalable off-the-shelf smart battery pack manager that reduces the need for manufacturers in...

Oct 26, 2015
EagleView Announces the Launch of CONNECTExplorer Visualization Software

EagleView Technology Corporation, a provider of aerial imagery and GIS solutions, has announced the launch of CONNECTExplorer by its subsidiary...

Oct 22, 2015
Royal Navy and US Navy Deploy Unmanned Minehunting Systems

The UK’s Royal Navy has announced that, along with its US counterparts, it has surveyed the sea bed for mines...

Oct 22, 2015
Systron Donner Announces Update to SDI500 MEMS IMU

Systron Donner Inertial (SDI), a brand of Custom Sensors & Technologies (CST), has announced the release of a significant update...

Oct 22, 2015
FAA Announces Registration Process for UAS

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta and U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx have announced the creation of a...

Oct 21, 2015
Teledyne RESON Introduces SeaBat T50‐P Sonar Echosounder

Teledyne RESON, a provider of hydrographic sonar solutions, has announced the launch of its new ultra‐high resolution, portable multibeam echosounder,...

Oct 21, 2015
Shafer, Kline & Warren Evaluates Tethered Bridge Inspection Drone Prototype

Shafer, Kline & Warren (SKW), a provider of surveying and engineering services, has announced that it has tested tethered drone...

Oct 21, 2015
Planehook Aviation Online UAV Safety Course Accredited by FAA

Planehook Aviation Services, an aviation safety consulting firm, has announced that its online UAV flying safety training course, published on...

Oct 21, 2015
KSU Salina and Westar Energy Build UAS Pavilion Flight Facility

Kansas State University Salina and industry partner Westar Energy have announced the creation of a new flight facility dedicated to...

Oct 20, 2015
Sentera Announces Agricultural Imagery Upgrade for Phantom 3 UAS

Sentera LLC, a designer and manufacturer of drones and related equipment, has announced that it has developed an add-on to...

Oct 20, 2015
General Atomics Awarded US Army Contract for Improved Gray Eagle UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), has announced that it has been awarded a...

Oct 19, 2015
Ambarella Announces New SoCs for Drone Camera Applications

Ambarella, Inc., a developer of video compression and image processing semiconductors, has announced the addition of two new families of...

Oct 19, 2015
Indra Announces Unmanned Maritime Reconnaissance and Intelligence Aircraft

Indra, a Spanish defense systems company, has announced that it has presented the unmanned version of its P2006T MRI maritime...

Oct 16, 2015
Thales Watchkeeper UAS Successfully Flies in UK Civil Airspace

Thales has announced that its Watchkeeper Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has successfully flown alongside commercial manned aircraft in controlled civil...

Oct 16, 2015
BAE Systems & ASV Demonstrate New Unmanned Naval Boat Technology

Unmanned technology with the potential to change the face of naval operations within a decade has successfully been demonstrated for...

Oct 15, 2015
Lockheed Martin and KAMAN Demonstrate Unmanned Helicopter Firefighting Capability

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced that Lockheed Martin and KAMAN Corporation have demonstrated how the remotely piloted...

Oct 15, 2015
MilSource Announces Upgrade to Techaya Military-Grade Ethernet Switches

MilSource, a distributor of military-grade Ethernet connectivity solutions, has announced that Techaya has released a new major platform upgrade to...

Oct 15, 2015
Arevo Labs Announces Additive Manufacturing Service for 3D Printed Composite Parts

Arevo Labs, a developer of additive manufacturing technologies, has announced the availability of Additive Manufacturing Services to make 3D printed...

Oct 14, 2015
AeroVironment to Supply Raven UAS to Seven Allied Nations

AeroVironment, Inc., a manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced that it has been awarded a firm-fixed-price contract from...

Oct 14, 2015
Intersil Introduces Time-of-Flight IC for Object Detection and Distance Measurement

Intersil Corporation, a provider of power management and precision analog solutions, has announced that it has introduced a new time-of-flight...

Oct 14, 2015
General Atomics Tests Advanced Communications System Aboard Predator B

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, has announced the successful flight of...

Oct 14, 2015
Lockheed Martin Unveils “ICARUS” Counter-UAS System

Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new capability at the annual Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting (AUSA), that...

Oct 13, 2015
X-ES Introduces XCalibur5090 6U Digital Signal Processing Module

Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES) announces the XCalibur5090, a dual Xilinx Virtex-7 based Digital Signal Processing (DSP) 6U LRM FPGA...

Oct 13, 2015
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